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The Bawl Mill
November 2008 by Staff
• A true alarm clock• No better time to roast a pig
• By the numbers…
New Tax Considerations For Your Mining Business
The recently passed Economic Stimulus Package of 2008 is a $168-billion economic “rescue” package that includes rebates for taxpayers and tax breaks for businesses. At the heart of the package are tax rebates, scheduled to be distributed beginning in early May. The tax breaks for small-scale mining operations and businesses are retroactive to the beginning of 2008.
Looking Back
Excerpts from California Mining Journal, our original title, published 50 years ago this month.
All About Native Silver
Some of the wire forms are strange and fantastic, with wires sticking out in twisted, seemingly random directions. Others have deformed crystals and all of them have significant value to collectors.
Legislative and Regulatory Update
• All bark but no bite
• Company looks to restart mining in Wisconsin
Prepping Your Gold Detecting Spots
All bedrock cracks that appear to be wide and deep should be cleaned out completely, and if you cannot clean it out thoroughly then you should break the bedrock apart…
Sierra County Gold—Part I
...this county contained some of the richest placer ground found in all of California and still produces some pretty impressive finds to this day.
BLM Swindles War Hero Out of Gold Mine
The Purple Heart license plates on Oliver Gregerson’s car inspire respect from everyone, except employees of the federal government. Oliver Gregerson says he has indisputable videotape evidence that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is guilty of criminal conspiracy and fraud, and he is taking them to federal court to prove it.
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Where To Find Diamonds
• Miners Find Encouraging Prospects Near Livengood
• The Business Of Mining: Profits, Losses, Hobbies and Businesses
• Glen's Big Find
• Suction Dredge Study
• Lluvia de Oro— A Shower of Gold Awaiting Development in the Sierra Madre—Part I
• Beyond The End of The Road
• Barnes Store and Yankee Jims
• Mining Tax Increase Suggested
• Opening Ceremony for Buckhorn Mine
• Mining Journal Contest—How Much Is That Old Mining Journal Worth?
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
